vii, 195 pages ; 23 cm

"This book examines music's political power. It shows how music has been at the heart of accounts of political order, how musicians from Bono to Blue have claimed to speak for peoples and political causes. It looks at the emergence of music as an object of public policy, in the classroom or in the copyright courts, as the focus of national pride or employment opportunities. The book brings together ideas about music's political significance (from Aristotle to Rousseau, to Adorno and beyond) to tell of the extraordinary potency of music across time and space. At its heart lies the argument that music and politics are inseparably linked, and that each animates the other"--Back cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-191) and index

Introduction : making connections -- Sound barriers : censoring music -- Falling on deaf ears? Music policy -- Striking a chord : from political communication to political representation -- All together now : music as political participation -- Fight the power : music as mobilization -- 'Invisible republics' : making music, making history -- Sounding good : the politics of taste -- Politics as music : the sound of ideas and ideology -- One more time with feeling : music as political experience -- Conclusion : repeat and fade

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